Global Politics, Global Health and the Anthropological Moment
The world is a mess. In the Middle East the rapid and powerful rise of ISIS has been a terrifying surprise. It certainly surprised officials in the United States whose intelligence professionals...
View ArticleThe Plight of Private Residence Domestic Workers
In recent times we have witnessed labor and organizers advocating for the dignity of housekeepers and in-home care workers. Home care workers assist others less capable, aging, or on a temporary basis...
View ArticleThe War Over Wages, City by City
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray used last May Day to announce that business and labor had agreed to a historic plan to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Seattle's bold measure is part of a growing wave of...
View ArticlePredictable Schedules Offer Stability and Regular Pay to Hourly Workers
Co-authored by SF County Supervisor David Chiu Social media has been ablaze during the past few weeks with images and news stories about workers trying to raise their local hourly minimum wage. From...
View ArticleDemocracy in Ohio is Hard Enough Already
Democracy in America is such that, after its citizens have participated in national elections, and all of their votes have been counted, with each state's combined number of U.S. House Representatives...
View ArticleRigging the Game for Wisconsin's Voter ID Supporters
The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has split 5-5 on whether to restore the injunction blocking Wisconsin's voter ID law for this election. Since the full court deadlocked, the...
View ArticleWhite House Announces Countering Violent Extremism Program: Is It Pretext for...
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has captured international attention as the world witnesses in horror its brutality. Notwithstanding that most of ISIL's victims are Muslim, its...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana in California: A Successful Treatment for a Wide Range of...
Anyone can be a medical cannabis patient in California. This rhetoric has plagued the inaugural medical cannabis state since 1996. Given the absence of a codified list of approved condition from the...
View ArticleWhat Do We Talk About When We Talk About College Debt?
Americans talk a lot about college. Eavesdrop on almost any conversation -- in a restaurant, an airport, even the local pub. Chances are, it won't be long before it becomes clear that the folks you're...
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Democrats Cheer Kansas Ruling
The chances of Greg Orman defeating Senator Pat Roberts in Kansas just got a whole lot better. A lawsuit which tried to force the Kansas Democratic Party to field a candidate in the race just...
View ArticleWhy Is Mayor de Blasio Breaking Four Promises Within 400 Yards of His Own Home?
Part One -- the Environment As candidate and mayor, Bill de Blasio made four big promises to New York City. 1. To protect and improve the environment. 2. To reduce traffic deaths through his vision...
View ArticleWe Should Be Protesting, Too
This week, tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents turned out to protest China's plan for bringing democracy to that city. Rather than letting voters pick the candidates that get to run for chief...
View ArticleThe Real Takeaway From UVA
The UVA co-ed was enthusiastic, optimistic, altruistic -- looked like the girl next door. She had a promising future -- a world full of opportunity ahead of her. But there she lay on the bed, bloodied,...
View ArticleThe Israel Sermon Rabbis Should Dare to Deliver ...
The New York Times on September 22, claims that rabbis have a hard time speaking to their congregants about Israel these days. Really? Is it that difficult to talk about Israel in the same...
View ArticleJesuits Urge Humanitarian Protections for Asylum Seekers and Refugees Be Upheld
(Washington, D.C.) October 2, 2014 -- The Society of Jesus in the United States and Jesuit Refugee Service/USA continue to urge the government not to roll back humanitarian protections for refugees and...
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Will There Be a Backlash Against Torture?
The Senate intelligence committee hopes to release soon a redacted summary of its 6,300-page report on the CIA's interrogational torture program. As we wait, the committee is wrangling with the CIA...
View ArticleAre Accurate Polls Really Accurate?
Election Day is near, and we are about to be inundated with polls. Is the Senate destined to turn Red? Will there be a "wave" for either party? What do President Obama's approval ratings mean for the...
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Donors Matter: Global Warming, Teacher Employment Law, and the 'Political Lens'
During the 2003-2004 school year, my chemistry teacher told my class that global warming wasn't occurring. I believed her. When I attended New Jersey's Governor's School of International Studies in the...
View ArticleThe Cost of War: Counting Our Pennies
Earlier this week, the Department of Defense published a report on the cost of our war with ISIS. The report was delivered by "independent defense analysts" who considered "a range of potential...
View ArticleIt's Time to Talk About Cuba
Apparently I'm not the only one who thinks it's time to talk about Cuba. On Tuesday the New York Times published previously confidential contingency plans to strike Cuba in 1976. Secretary of State...
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